How to install Red Hat Satellite Proxy

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite Proxy
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Issue

  • How to install a Red Hat Network Proxy?
  • How to add entitlements for Red Hat Network proxy to a machine?
  • How to reactivate a Red Hat Satellite Proxy?
  • Configuring a Red Hat Satellite Proxy
  • How to setup Red Hat Satellite Proxy ?
  • Documentation for building Red Hat Satellite Proxy

Resolution

  1. Subscribe the machine to the rhn-tools channel.

  2. Run the following command:

    yum install spacewalk-proxy-installer

  3. Run the following installed script:

    configure-proxy.sh
  4. The installation script will guide the remainder of the install.

Note: For more details on how to install a Red Hat Satellite Proxy, please read through the Proxy Installation Guide for Red Hat Satellite 5.6 and above or Red Hat Network Satellite 5.5 and earlier.

Root Cause

The proper channel subscriptions need to be added to the system profile. Once this occurs, the installation should proceed as expected.

Diagnostic Steps

  • Run yum install spacewalk-proxy-installer and check output for the following:

    No package spacewalk-proxy-installer available.
Nothing to do
  • Verify that the system is subscribed to the "Red Hat Network Tools" channel.[1]

[1] How to check the channels to which my system is currently subscribed

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